Rafah Governorate
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Rafah Governorate is an administrative region in the southern Gaza Strip, bordering Egypt and encompassing the city of Rafah and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rafah Governorate canonical | 7 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
governorate ⓘ |
| borderFeature | Philadelphi Route ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Egypt
ⓘ
North Sinai Governorate ⓘ |
| capital | Rafah ⓘ |
| contains |
Rafah
ⓘ
Rafah ⓘ
surface form:
Rafah city
|
| country | State of Palestine ⓘ |
| demographics |
large refugee population
ⓘ
predominantly Palestinian Arab population ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Palestinian Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinian National Authority
|
| hasBorderCrossing |
Rafah Crossing
ⓘ
surface form:
Rafah Border Crossing
|
| hasConflictRole |
area of repeated military incursions
ⓘ
frequent site of Israeli–Palestinian conflict ⓘ |
| hasHumanitarianIssue |
high dependence on aid
ⓘ
infrastructure damage ⓘ overcrowding ⓘ restricted movement ⓘ |
| hasKeyEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
cross-border trade ⓘ services ⓘ |
| hasMajorInfrastructure |
Rafah Crossing
ⓘ
surface form:
Rafah Border Crossing
tunnel network (smuggling tunnels) ⓘ |
| hasRefugeeCamp |
Brazil refugee camp
ⓘ
Rafah refugee camp ⓘ Shaboura refugee camp ⓘ Tel al-Sultan refugee camp ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance | control of Gaza–Egypt border ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| largestCity | Rafah ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Middle East
ⓘ
Palestinian territories ⓘ
surface form:
Palestine
Western Asia ⓘ southern Gaza Strip ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Mediterranean Sea coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean coastal plain
|
| observesDaylightSavingTime | UTC+03:00 ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaza Strip ⓘ |
| religion | predominantly Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| securityControl | de facto controlled by Hamas in Gaza ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Palestinian territories ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | Governorate ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Eastern European Time
ⓘ
UTC+02:00 ⓘ |
| usesCurrency |
Israeli new shekel
ⓘ
Jordanian dinar ⓘ US dollar ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yasser Arafat International Airport